Winter, even for the Huns, was extremely difficult. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

In September, light snow fell intermittently on the Hetao Plain.

Of course, in fact, in the present, neither the Han nor the Xiongnu call this place Hetao.

The Han chamber is called 'Hejian'.

This is because the place is surrounded by the Yellow River.

The Huns, on the other hand, divided the place into two parts.

To the south of the Yellow River, it is called Henan.

To the west of the Yellow River, it is called Hexidi.

Since the Qin army took the initiative to abandon this place, the Huns accepted it, and until today, the Xiongnu Empire has occupied this treasure land for more than 70 years.

Of course, the Huns called the actions of their ancestors 'reconquest'.

For the Han family, the 'Hejian Land' was the homeland of Jiuyuan, and it was the wealth left by King Wuling of Zhao and Emperor Qin Shi Huang to future generations.

For the Huns, this land is the birthplace of their ancestors.

The original Xiongnu people were tribes settled here.

For the past millennium, they have been nomadic here.

Relying on the nourishment of the Yellow River and the protection of Yinshan and Yangshan, the Xiongnu tribe has not disappeared in the long river of history.

to this land.

They are the same - absolutely will risk everything, gamble everything to protect.

In particular, those nobles from the Xiongnu Shan Yuting knew the importance of this place.

At that time, the Subu clan was in the south, the Huyan clan was in the east, the Lan clan was in the north and the Yu clan was in the middle, and the head of the tribes was in the middle of the clan, and the head of the tribes was in the Yin Mountain, and the alliance swore that in addition to the collapse of mountains and rivers, the red earth, and the Huns, Henan should not be abandoned!" Huyan Dangtu stood at the head of the high city, looking at the vast grassland, this land in the eyes of the Huns, the anointed land given by the gods, the garden of Shan Yu, the place where the clan babies grew up, and the mother's shelter.

Here, away from the cruelty of the desert.

The climate is relatively warm all year round, and the water and soil are abundant, and the vegetation is prosperous.

The sturdy Yinshan Mountain Range and the majestic river are enough to keep all enemies out of Yinshan.

After the Xiongnu regained this place, it only took twenty years for them to grow into the overlord of the steppe, and even the overlord of the known world.

Under the hooves of the Xiongnu, the Yueshi people fled, the Donghu people died, and the Hujie people surrendered.

The tribes that were once on an equal footing with the Xiongnu knelt down one after another and became Shan Yuting's lackeys.

All the people who draw the bow, and they are one family.

The Xiongnu Empire entered its heyday.

It's a pity that the Battle of Mayi two years ago changed everything.

The Han Chinese in the south rose strongly and posed a great challenge to the hegemony and even survival of the Xiongnu Empire.

Hu Yan Dangtu is very clear.

Even, even his master, the military minister Shan Yu, understands.

The people of the Han Dynasty will definitely come to covet this fertile land.

And the consequences of losing this place, every Xiongnu nobleman with a little knowledge knows it, what does that mean?

That is tantamount to announcing that the crown of the Xiongnu Empire has landed.

The empire thrives on this land, and it will decline because it is lost.

Even today's Xiongnu Empire, with an area of tens of thousands of miles, dominates a huge world.

However, there is no other land in the current empire that is so fertile, safe, and warm as the land beneath its feet, protected by mountains and forests, swamps, and great rivers.

It is precisely because of this that Huyan Dangtu appeared here.

He and the main force of his Huyan clan also appeared here.

The Huyan clan, the strongest clan in the Hun Empire except for the royal clan!

In essence, in fact, Hu Yan, Xu Bu and Lan are all relatives of Shan Yu.

They have been intermarried with the Zodiac clan for generations.

Shan Yu's Yan clan is not Hu Yan, and it is from both Subu and Lan.

The relationship between the Zodiac and the three major clans is like that of a tree to a vine.

If the tree falls, the vine will die.

Only when the branches of the big trees are flourishing can the vines flourish.

The patriarchs of each of the three major clans knew and understood this.

Therefore, for generations, the Subu, Huyan, and Lan clans, although they may not necessarily unite and support Shan Yu.

But if there is an external threat, they will definitely fight alongside the Clan.

The Huyan clan has five thousand horsemen.

Now, except for the 10,000 cavalry who stayed in the headquarters of Junji Mountain, and the 10,000 cavalry who followed Shan Yu's western expedition, the remaining 30,000 cavalry were all brought here by Huyan Dangtu.

In addition, the two 10,000 horsemen of the Lan clan also arrived in Yulin and could support him at any time.

Plus Ruolu, Luhou, Hun Evil, Hutu and other tribes.

The number of troops that Huyan Dangtu can mobilize now is as many as 100,000 horsemen!

Even if you only count the tribal forces in the Yin Mountain, there are at least 70,000 horsemen.

The reason why there are so many troops here, in addition to worrying about the Han Dynasty in the south, the main purpose is to protect the fruits of the victory of last year's western expedition.

Most of the wealth and slaves that were snatched back from Dawan last year are now settled in Henan within the Yin Mountains.

As for why?

The reason is simple.

Because of the slave girls who were snatched back, many of them were pregnant.

There were fifty or sixty thousand female slaves, and now they are pregnant with the Huns.

The attitude of the Huns towards the clan was very serious.

Even a herder knows that he must make sure that the child born must be of his own clan's species.

In the entire Xiongnu Empire, there is no better place to raise babies and a place for the next generation to thrive than 'Henan'.

In addition, more than 40,000 pregnant women from the headquarters were also sent here to give birth.

And these children, who will be born next spring, represent the future of all the tribes and clans of the Xiongnu Empire.

If all goes well, in another sixteen years, these children, who are born next spring or summer, will become a new generation of Hun warriors.

As Shan Yu's loyal dog, Huyan Dangtu chose to stay here.

This is both because of a sense of purpose.

Also because he smelled something not so good.

"The border fortress of the Han people, the intensity of the recent inspection has suddenly increased......" Huyan Dangtu turned to look at the Xiongnu nobles standing behind him: "Our people, for half a month, have not traded with those merchants who have 'friendship' with us...... The last grain trade was eighteen days ago......"

"That's wrong!"

A month ago, the border smuggling trade between Han and Hungary was very prosperous.

Every day, for gold and silver, as well as livestock and furs, merchants crossed the Great Wall and brought the salt, cloth, metal, and even weapons and books needed by the Xiongnu to the Xiongnu tribes, and even came to trade with the Xiongnu near this Gaoque city.

They provided the Huns with an endless supply of supplies.

But now, apart from the normal caravans of trade at the border, only sporadic smugglers are still pandering.

And the materials brought by these merchants are also very ordinary salt and grain.

At most, someone will bring bronzes.

As for iron tools and weapons, as well as intelligence and books of the Han Dynasty, the sources were almost cut off.

Hu Yan Dangtu instinctively realized that this was a signal for the Han Dynasty to attack.

But he could not give an order to call up soldiers just that.

He needed more intelligence and information to back up his judgment.

So, he looked at a nobleman beside him and said, "Han Yuan, my loyal slave, I order you, disguise yourself as a Han person, enter the border fortress of the Han Dynasty, give me a closer look, what the hell are the people of the Han Dynasty doing, as soon as you have information, come back and tell me immediately!" ”

"Yes!" The nobleman knelt down, kissed Huyandangtu's boots, and said, "The slave must live up to the trust of his master!" ”

He raised his head, and it was a standard Chinese face, except for the braids at the back of his head, and the clothes on his body were the same as those of the Huns, he was no different from the Chinese race.

"Good!" Hu Yan Dangtu nodded, and said reassuringly: "Go here, you have to pay attention to safety, the future hegemony of the Great Huns still needs a slave like you to assist!" ”

Han Yuan immediately burst into tears and said loudly: "Please rest assured, the slave and maid will definitely protect themselves!" ”

For him, it seems that the care of Hu Yan Dangtu is better than all the precious affairs of the world, and even if he dies with this sentence, he is willing.

Looking at Han Yuan's figure, even Hu Yan had to praise movingly: "Good minion!" ”

Then he sighed faintly: "It's a pity that there are not many ......" (to be continued.) )